Thursday, January 15, 2026

Former Redneck Heaven (Arlington, Texas)

Redneck Heaven as it appeared in the late 2010s. (Photo by Silviu Gheorghe, source).

701 North Watson Road in Arlington, Texas started out as a Luby's Cafeteria, opening in 1982 but closing in March 2003 among other restaurants in the chain. After it's demise, it reopened as Palomino's Ranch Buffet in 2007, closing around 2012. Redneck Heaven followed soon after. It operated from about 2012 to 2020, and while it wasn't the first in the chain (it was the second), Redneck Heaven a bit over the top, even as far as "breastaurants" went with live minnow shots, scantily-clad waitresses, and more (at least when they expanded to San Antonio). Per these sorts of places, the food looked nothing to write home about, but I did find this shot buried among the photos on Google Maps.
She looks so uncomfortable. (Photo by Ryan Hitchcock, source).

Redneck Heaven and its other locations got washed out in 2020 and a few years later was renovated and reopened as a location of Bombshells Restaurant & Bar and despite technically more modest garb for waitresses, is owned and operated by a company that primarily deals with strip clubs.

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